Yahaya Bello Sheds Tears As He Assumes Office As Kogi Governor

The new governor of Kogi state, Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello began the governance of the state today with uncontrolled emotion, resulting in shedding tears.
Yahaya Bello, who recalled how he lost his father in his early age and was single handedly trained by his mother, could not control the tears that came rolling down his cheeks, as the multitudinous audience urged his to take heart.
He had earlier been sworn-in by the state Chief Judge, Justice Nasiru Ajana before a mammoth crowd, including the governors of Nasarawa state, Tanko Al-Makura and Benue state, Samuel Ortom, Senator Dino Melaye, national chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie Oyagun and others.
Yahaya Bello quoted from the Holy Qur’an to indicate that it was not by his effort or wisdom or the effort of anybody, but the will of God that made him the governor.
He said that for that reason, he would borrow the word of President Muhammadu Buhari who said during his inauguration on May 29 2015 that he belonged to everybody and belonged to no body.
Yahaya Bello promised to run an all inclusive government and to correct all the anomalies in the governance in the past.

He said that he had drawn up a roadmap on how he intended to run the government and what he intended to achieve in 100-day in office as well as at any given period of time during his four-year tenure.
The new governor made it clear that, in tandem with the President Buhari government’s direction, he would have zero tolerance for corruption and impunity, even as he promised to restructure the state civil service for the purpose of efficient service and achievement greater internally generated revenue.
Yahaya Bello stressed that though the task ahead is challenging just as the opportunity is exciting, but that he would move fast to rescue Kogi state from the years of socio-economic decay.
In spite of the challenges, the new governor declared: “take it from me, we will not fail.”

Yahaya Bello was sworn in without a deputy as James Faleke, who was running mate to late Prince Abubakara Audu made real his threat not to present himself for swearing in with the governor. He was conspicuously absent at today’s ceremony, and no replacement was announced at the event.

It is the first time in Nigeria’s political history that an elected governor would be inaugurated without a deputy.

Yahaya Bello was inaugurated amid pomp and ceremony. [myad]